Ziprecruiter (ZIP) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)

Ziprecruiter (ZIP) reported Return on Capital Employed of 1.84% for Q1 2026, down 19.0% year-over-year from 2.28% in Q1 2025, and up 52.32% quarter-over-quarter from 3.87% in Q4 2025.

Ziprecruiter (ZIP) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ziprecruiter (ZIP) has 6 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 1.84% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 1.84%, down 19.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.84% (down 19.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 3.55%, down 376.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed climbed to 1.84% in Q1 2026 per ZIP's latest filing, from 3.87% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 17.26% in Q3 2023 and troughed at 5.39% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 6.39% and a median of 9.26% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed soared 1888 bps in 2022, then tumbled 1412 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 15.27% in 2022, then slipped by 8 bps to 14.02% in 2023, then plunged by 98 bps to 0.22% in 2024, then sank by 1866 bps to 3.87% in 2025, then jumped by 52 bps to 1.84% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ZIP's Return on Capital Employed at 1.84% in Q1 2026, 3.87% in Q4 2025, and 5.39% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Nebius 2,430,078.11 Bn 2,430,078.11 Bn 295.20 Mn -3.77%
2 Alphabet 4,448.32 Bn 4,232.70 Bn 102.29 Bn 25.65%
3 Meta Platforms 1,465.06 Bn 1,383.88 Bn 46.09 Bn 26.53%
4 Spotify Technology 113.19 Bn 102.95 Bn 1.75 Bn -
5 Reddit 33.56 Bn 30.79 Bn 511.94 Mn 20.06%
6 Pinterest 12.93 Bn 11.63 Bn 768.96 Mn 6.06%
7 Kanzhun 12.77 Bn 10.67 Bn 255.62 Bn 12,960.00%
8 Match 8.28 Bn 7.26 Bn 653.28 Mn 26.54%
9 Snap 7.91 Bn 5.08 Bn 1.29 Bn -6.47%
10 Ziprecruiter 252.27 Mn -141.22 Mn 95.57 Mn -1.84%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -1.84%
Dec 31, 2025 -3.87%
Sep 30, 2025 -5.39%
Jun 30, 2025 -4.85%
Mar 31, 2025 -1.65%
Dec 31, 2024 0.22%
Sep 30, 2024 3.17%
Jun 30, 2024 9.26%
Mar 31, 2024 11.69%
Dec 31, 2023 14.02%
Sep 30, 2023 17.26%
Jun 30, 2023 16.78%
Mar 31, 2023 16.13%
Dec 31, 2022 15.27%
Sep 30, 2022 13.27%
Jun 30, 2022 11.31%
Mar 31, 2022 -2.07%
Dec 31, 2021 -3.61%
Sep 30, 2021 -1.81%